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vocative

Pronunciation: /ˈvɒkətɪv/
Grammar
Definition of vocative

adjective

  • relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.

noun

  • a word in the vocative case.
  • (the vocative) the vocative case.

Origin:

late Middle English: from Old French vocatif, -ive or Latin vocativus, from vocare 'to call'

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